December 9+10 2026 • Los Angeles, CA
Discover what belongs in your portfolio next.
Discover emerging beer and bev-alc brands, evaluate the liquid firsthand, and pair what you see with category data and market perspective.
More choice. Less margin for the wrong call.
Know what deserves a closer look.
Beer is under pressure while RTDs, non-alc, and spirits-based products compete for placements and portfolio attention. The challenge is separating durable opportunity from short-lived momentum.
Brewbound Live brings founders, buyers, distributors, and category experts together so you can taste products, hear the business case, compare market signals, and make sharper portfolio decisions.
See the next wave make its case
Pitch Slam
Brewbound’s Pitch Slam puts emerging beer and bev-alc brands on stage to explain the product, positioning, and route to market behind the business.
For buyers and distributors, it’s a concentrated look at what is coming next and which brands merit a closer conversation.
A few past participants
Focused time with brands on your radar
1:1 Meetings
Requested 1:1 meetings create scheduled face-to-face time with founders behind emerging beer and bev-alc brands. Ask direct questions about market fit, distribution readiness, and where the brand is headed.
Meetings are approved based on fit, so both sides come prepared for a focused conversation.
Evaluate the product firsthand
Product sampling
Sampling brings beer, RTDs, non-alc, and adjacent bev-alc products together for firsthand evaluation.
Taste what founders are bringing to market, compare formats and positioning, and meet the teams behind the products face to face. It’s a natural opportunity to see which brands deserve a closer conversation.
Data for the decisions behind your portfolio
Sessions and speakers
Brewbound’s editorial team builds sessions around the questions buyers and distributors are weighing now: what to add, what to cut, and where demand is moving.
Expect category data and operator perspective on velocity, on-premise strategy, portfolio rationalization, non-alc, and changing consumer behavior.
A Sample of Past Speakers
Connect across the beer and bev-alc ecosystem
Who you'll meet
Brewbound Live is intentionally smaller than the industry’s largest conferences. That means more direct access, more substantive conversations, and more time with founders, buyers, distributors, and category leaders who matter to your business.
Founders and brand leaders
Leaders behind emerging beer, RTD, non-alc, and adjacent bev-alc brands.
Distributors and wholesalers
Portfolio decision-makers evaluating brands, categories, and opportunities across markets.
On-premise buyers
Buyers from bars, restaurants, hospitality groups, and national accounts.
Off-premise buyers
Category managers and buyers across grocery, liquor retail, convenience, and chains.
Category experts
Analysts and data professionals tracking velocity, consumer behavior, and category movement.
Investors and industry partners
Capital partners, suppliers, and specialists active across beer and bev-alc.
Past attendees across the Brewbound Live community
Brewbound Live brings beer and bev-alc brands together with distributors, buyers, investors, operators, and industry partners for candid perspective, useful introductions, and lasting industry relationships.
What founders say
In short, there’s huge value in the Brewbound 1:1s for startup breweries like Lonsdale Brewing / Hero95.
The event provides access to key decision-makers and creates opportunities that can be difficult to replicate elsewhere. Come prepared with a clear story, a strong understanding of your business, and an openness to learn.
Distributor access. Buyer perspective. Industry experience.
Build the relationships behind your path to market.
Brewbound Live brings the beer and bev-alc community together for candid feedback, smarter conversations, and connections around distribution, retail, capital, and what comes next.
